known mononymously as Jisoo, is a South Korean singer and actress. as a member of the girl group Blackpink
Kim Ji-soo was born on January 3, 1995,in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea and has an older brother and sister. As a child, she played basketball and attended taekwondo classes. She was also a fan of TVXQ as a child. Jisoo attended high school at the School of Performing Arts Seoul. In 11th grade, she start-off a drama club at her school and received larger experience through auditions.
In 2011, Jisoo joined YG Entertainment through auditions as a trainee. In October 2014, she starred
in Epik High - SPOILER+HAPPEN ENDING music video potraying as a heartbroken girl. In the same year,
November, she starred in HI SUHYUN - I'm Different music video, acted as Bobby's girlfriend in the
video. In 2015, she made a cameo appearance in the KBS2 drama The Producers with label-mates Sandara
Park of 2NE1 and Kang Seung-yoon of Winner and featured in several advertisements, including those
for Samsonite, Smart Uniform, LG Electronics, and Nikon.
Jisoo debuted as one of the four members of Blackpink on August 8, 2016, alongside Jennie, Rosé and
Lisa, with the release of their single album Square One.Jisoo is the oldest member of Blackpink.
From 2017 to 2018, Jisoo joined Inkigayo as an MC alongside Got7's Jin-young and NCT's Doyoung. She ventured into acting in 2019 with a short cameo appearance in the tvN fantasy drama Arthdal Chronicles.[20] On August 18, 2020 YG Entertainment confirmed Jisoo would star in her first fixed role as a lead actress in the upcoming JTBC drama Snowdrop alongside actor Jung Hae-in.[22] The show ran from December 18, 2021 to January 30, 2022. Notably, through Blackpink's first Korean-language studio album, The Album, Jisoo co-wrote their lead single, "Lovesick Girls". It is also confirmed by YG Entertainment since June 2020 that Jisoo's solo debut was in midst of preparation, but due to her commitments to filming Snowdrop, no release date was confirmed. She would be the last to make her solo debut after the other three members of Blackpink.